This weekend (well Monday if you want to be exact) is Canadian Thanksgiving and I love this holiday. I’m going home to see the family and going to stuff my face with tons of yummy goodies. I can’t wait.
For today’s post I have gathered up vintage ads with helpful tips and ideas on how to have the “perfect” Thanksgiving dinner. I have used the word “Perfect” in quotes because I’m not sure if that is actually possible for any sort of dinner BUT lets give it a try anyways.
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Vintage Thanksgiving Recipes & Dinner Ideas
Lets start off with a 1956 Thanksgiving Dinner Menu idea
The Thanksgiving Turkey
Foil Roasted Turkey will ensure you have the perfect turkey every time.
Note: I can’t be positive on this as I don’t cook but the ad sure makes it look like it does.
I think that a “Guaranteed” Turkey means that your dinner will be…”Perfect”.
Instructions from Butterball on how to cook a Turkey-1956.
The Thanskgiving Sides
Stuffing…Mandatory, and this ad gives you many different kinds to try (not sure how I feel about “Oyster Stuffing” though).
Did you purchase too many Cranberries? Well don’t fret Ocean Spray has you covered.
Kids can help as well with the trimmings for Thanksgiving.
The Drinks
Of course Coca Cola must be served at dinner. No recipe needed for this task.
Maybe your more in the mood for a beer because “Beer Belongs”.
Whisky also has a place at the Thanksgiving table.
Thanksgiving Dinner Dessert
Traditional Pumpkin Pie recipe using Carnation milk.
FURTHER READING: Vintage Cake Ideas As Seen Thru 1920s-1950s Ads
1952 Carnation Evaporated Milk Ad – Pumpkin Pie
Further Reading: Vintage Recipes from 1940s & 1950s Carnation Milk Advertisements
Source: Etsy
Non-Traditional Pumpkin Pie -Coconut Pumpkin Chiffon Pie! My stomach just growled while looking at this.
Not a pumpkin pie fan? Don’t fret here are a other dessert ideas for the table…..
1950s (1952) Vintage Ad for Spry Shortening featuring “Aunt Jenny’s Crumbly Top Apple Pie”.
Source: Etsy
Make Thanksgiving desserts with Baker’s Chocolate featuring a recipe for Individual chocolate souffles and college fudge bars.
Did you say marshmallows? I’m in! “Campfire marshmallows give added flavor to Thanksgiving dishes”.
Really really can’t cook? Well Swifts Premium will save the dinner!
Or you can enjoy a good old TV Dinner that involves even less work.
And of course we have to have ideas on what to do with the leftovers. You can make a Holiday Turkey salad or a turkey layer loaf. 1948 vintage ad.
“How to liven up the day after the holiday, too!”. Turkey sandwich leftover.
Lastly here is a Thanksgiving Open House menu if your choosing to host people all day. Great food ideas from the 1950s!
Source: Etsy-PlentifulPages
Happy Thanksgiving Friends! And if you are using a vintage recipe for your festivities I would love to hear what it is.
Further Reading:
- Vintage Thanksgiving 1920s-1960s Archived Blog Posts
Liz 🙂
Three giant cheers for this fabulously festive post!!! I’m a huge fan of Thanksgiving and really like that we get to enjoy it so early in the fall. A lot of my recipes are decades old, be they handed down from relatives or sourced from vintage cookbooks/magazines. Holidays like this just call for classics (most of the time at least) for me personally and the fact that so many of our beloved holiday foods are decades, if not centuries old, always had an extra lovely depth to this special day for me as well.
Have a truly joyful Thanksgiving, my dear friend!
♥ Jessica
Happy Happy Thanksgiving weekend Jessica! I cannot wait to read all about your festivities which I’m sure are going to be fantastic 🙂
We have some old family recipes we pull out at this time of the year too (mostly yummy desserts) and like you I agree that they extra something “extra special” to the day.
Enjoy!
Liz 🙂
You know how much I love these, especially anything Coke and that first ad. So fun! I didn’t realize your Thanksgiving is so soon. It’s still so hot in Texas, I can’t fathom a Thanksgiving meal. Although I think I’d eat and drink everything in this post.
It’s sadly not hot here 🙁 But I actually like having Thanksgiving in October, gives time for me to lose the weight I’m going to pack on before the holiday season begins lol!
Have a super weekend even if it’s not Thanksgiving in the US.
Liz
Some great images here! Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving.
Thanks Kate, it was lovely 🙂